Recipes, Recipes, Recipes, with the odd handy hint thrown in!

Just who is 'Mrs C Price, Market St, Trentham' provider of so many recipes to so many publications.

Join us on our journey as we learn the 'ins & outs' of historical research. How do we start, what help do we need & where might we go wrong.

The Recorder has been published by the Trentham and District Historical Society since it's beginnings in 1987. In this fourth episode of Recorder Snippets, we present a further selection of articles that were written in those early publications.

This episode includes digging up the past of a local blacksmith, gold in the Trentham area, an early concert at the Mechanics Hall and something notorious for Trentham - snow and mud.

For those who haven’t had the chance yet, hear highlights of the 2022 Spud Hut Tour which occurs as part of the annual Spudfest in Trentham. Join Beth Toomey from the historical society and Reg, a semi-retired spud-digger, as they share stories of the Spud Diggers Huts and the people who lived in them.

We all love the movies, whether our tastes tend towards block-busters on an epic scale or intimate art-house offerings. In this episode we explore the showing of pictures in Trentham, exciting times when the movie cameras came to town, and the history of cinema in Australia beginning in the 19th century.

In this third episode of Recorder Snippets, we present a further selection of articles that were written, topics including rabbits, sugar bags, sawmilling in Trentham and surrounding areas and the Trentham Falls.

Carmen & Snowflake were the first variety of potatoes to be grown in the district. Hear about past potato growing in the Trentham district as well as some of the varieties and their uses today.

St Patricks Day in Australia brings to mind a pint of Guinness, a feed of potatoes and lots of music and celebration, all with a tinge of shamrock green.

In this episode of Archive Treasures, we look back to earlier days celebrating St Patrick, and the impact of Irish migration to Australia. We hear first hand the stories of some of those who have immigrated throughout the decades.

Ian Braybrook is the author of 'Outpost Doctor' and long-time appreciator of Dr Gweneth Wisewould. In 1983, Ian created the radio documentary 'Dr Gwen 1938 to 1972' for broadcast on radio station 3CCC.

Ian has kindly given permission for the program to be republished here on the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Dr Gwen.

The Recorder has been published by the Trentham and District Historical Society since it's beginnings in 1987. In this second episode of Recorder Snippets, we present a further selection of articles that were written in those early publications.

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the passing of Dr Gweneth Wisewould - a Trentham citizen loved and remembered to this day – some of the people who knew her have kindly agreed to share their memories of this remarkable woman.

In part two of this special we hear from more of those who knew her and have kindly shared their memories of Dr Gwen.